mexicanus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish mexicano, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihcah. By surface analysis, Mexicum +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mek.siˈkaː.nus/, [mɛks̠ɪˈkäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mek.siˈka.nus/, [meɡziˈkäːnus]

Adjective

mexicānus (feminine mexicāna, neuter mexicānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) Mexican; from or pertaining to Mexico
   • 1669, Roberto Morison, Hortus Regius Blesensis, page 201:

     […] flos Mexicanus flore fistuloso

     […] Mexican flower with fisulose blooms

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mexicānus	mexicāna	mexicānum		mexicānī	mexicānae	mexicāna
Genitive	mexicānī	mexicānae	mexicānī		mexicānōrum	mexicānārum	mexicānōrum
Dative	mexicānō		mexicānō		mexicānīs
Accusative	mexicānum	mexicānam	mexicānum		mexicānōs	mexicānās	mexicāna
Ablative	mexicānō	mexicānā	mexicānō		mexicānīs
Vocative	mexicāne	mexicāna	mexicānum		mexicānī	mexicānae	mexicāna

Synonyms

• mexicānēnsis